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I see that this will have TCP messaging built into the Ethernet communication. Last year we installed an L71. The L61 with serial is no longer available. Instead, all serial printing was converted to TCP using an EWEB communications module. We are steering away from serial and avoided the ASCII module. The EWEB is not an inexpensive module. This new L83E will be perfect for the next Control Logix project.

For Kiosk printers, we add a simple device server to switch from Ethernet to serial. I have yet to find a small panel mounted printer that uses Telnet 9100 protocol.

Wow, 5-20 times faster? is that what that says? That would make a big difference in the applications I work on where we break the system up into 10 PLCs because of the amount of logic and the scan time requirements. I’d love to see some more info on what is faster.

I hope they come out with a redundant firmware soon. There hasn’t been much love for redundancy in the last year or 2. V20 is still the latest redundant firmware. Anyone hear rumours about when we might see redundant L8X PLCs?

I heard beta testers were surprised how much faster it was, and now Rockwell is indeed listing it as 5-20 times faster, so it sounds quite impressive. Hopefully we’ll know more after Automation Fair this week.

I also heard v24 redundancy was close, but just checked AB.com and it’s not list yet.

If I hear anything on either topic I’ll post an updated blog or comment,

You could also import and export to CSV using the included “FactoryTalk View Tag Import And Export Wizard,” but as HMI TAGs are slower than direct referencing, and since your Logix processor already has TAGs, I recommend the above method over this.